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Seymour,  Robert  Gillin,  1841 

Pastor ' s  companion  for 
v/eddinas  and  funerals 


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WEDDINGS  AND  FUNERALS 


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ROBERT  G.  SEYMOUR,  D.  a 


Philadelphia 

Griffith  &  Rowland  Press 
Boston  Chicago  St.  Louis 


Copyright  2898  by 
A.  J.  Rowland 

Published  December,  1903 


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from  the  pcess  of  the 
Bmerican  Saptidt  fpuhlication  Socleti2 


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PREFACE 


There  are  many  books  of  forms  for  the  use  of  ministers 
but  most  of  them  contain  other  matter  besides  that  which  is 
needed  at  a  wedding  or  a  funeral.  This  compact  handbook 
has  been  prepared  to  meet  a  need  often  experienced.  I 
desire  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  E.  T.  Hiscox, 
D.  D.,  for  the  use  of  two  Marriage  forms  taken  from  his 
Star-book,  published  by  Ward  &  Drummond,  New  York. 
They  are  Numbers  II.  and  III.,  used  by  W.  R.  Williams, 
D.  D.,  and  R.  H.  Neale,  d.  d.  This  little  book  is  sent  forth 
with  an  earnest  prayer  that  it  may  be  useful  to  those  who 
are  the  Ministers  of  life  and  death. 

Robert  G.  Seymour. 

Philadelphia,  1898. 


WEDDINGS 


MARRIAGE  SERVICES 


I. 

The  parties  standing  before  the  minister,  the  man  at  the 
woman's  right;  after  a  chort  prayer,  the  minister  shall 
say  : 

THE  ordinance  of  marriage  is  an  institution  of  God. 
God  saw  in  the  Garden  of  Eden  that  it  was  not  good 
for  man  to  be  alone,  so  he  gave  him  a  helpmeet.  As  it  is 
an  appointment  of  God  it  is  to  be  entered  into  soberly  and 
discreetly,  as  in  his  sight.  In  his  holy  word  you  will  find 
the  counsel  which  you  will  need  in  this  mutual  relationship. 
The  vows  are  to  be  broken  only  by  death  itself.  In  token 
therefore  of  having  chosen  each  other  as  partners  for  life, 
you  may  join  your  right  hands. 

The  man  taking  the  'wo?nan'  s  right  hand,  the  minister  shall 
say  to  the  man  : 

DO  you  A.,  take  B.,  whom  you  hold  by  the  right  hand,  to 
be  your  lawful  and  wedded  wife  ?  Do  you  promise 
to  love,  to  honor,  to  cherish,  to  protect ;  forsaking  all  others, 
in  sickness  as  well  as  in  health,  in  adversity  as  well  as  pros- 
perity ;  to  cleave  only  unto  her  so  long  as  you  both  shall 
live? 

The  man  shall  say,  I  do.      Then  the  fiiinister  shall  say  unto 
the  woman  : 

DO  you  B. ,  take  A, ,  whom  you  hold  by  the  right  hand, 
to  be  your  lawful  and  wedded  husband  ?     Do  you 

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promise  to  love,  to  honor,  to  cherish  ;  forsaking  all  others, 
in  sickness  as  well  as  in  health,  in  adversity  as  well  as 
prosperity,  to  cleave  unto  him  so  long  as  you  both  shall  live  ? 

The  uwman  shall  say,  I  do.      The  minister  shall  then  say, 
handing  the  ring  to  the  man  : 

A  7'OU  will  seal  your  vows  with  the  ring. 

The  man,  taking  the  ring  from  the  minister,  and  putting  it 
on  the  woman' s Jinger,  shall  repeat  after  the  minister: 

WITH  this  ring  I  thee  wed  ;  with  my  heart' s  faithful 
affections  and  my  worldly  goods  I  thee  endow,  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost 
Amen. 

The   minister  shall  then  pray.     After  prayer  the  parties 
joining  hands  again,  the  minister  shall  say  : 

AND  now  by  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  me,  by  the 
laws  of  this  State  and  as  a  minister  of  Jesus  Christ 
Cfor  this  is  a  civil  and  religious  service),  I  pronounce  you 
husband  and  wife.  And  what  God  hath  joined  together  let 
not  man  put  asunder. 

The  minister  shall  then  pronounce  this  benediction : 

THE  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee  ;  the  Lord  make  his 
face  shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto  thee  ;  the 
Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  thee,  and  give  thee 
peace. 

n. 


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The  parties  standing  before  the  minister,  he  shall  say  : 

IVINE  Revelation  has  declared  marriage  to  be  honor- 
able in  all.      It  is  an  institution  of  God,  ordained  in 


PASTORS    COMPANION  9 

the  time  of  man' s  innocency,  before  he  had  sinned  against 
his  Maker,  and  been  yet  banished  from  Paradise.  It  was 
given  in  wisdom  and  in  kindness,  to  repress  irregular  affec- 
tion, to  support  social  order,  and  to  provide  that,  through 
well-ordered  families  truth  and  holiness  might  be  trans- 
mitted from  one  age  to  anotter.  Earlier,  therefore,  than 
all  laws  of  merely  human  origin,  it  lies  at  the  basis  of  all 
human  legislation  and  civil  government,  and  the  peace  and 
well-being  of  the  nation  and  land. 

We  learn  from  the  history  of  our  Saviour  that  he  honored 
a  marriage  festival  with  his  presence,  and  wrought  there  the 
beginning  of  his  miracles.  And  by  his  Holy  Spirit,  speak- 
ing through  his  apostle,  he  has  selected  the  union  thus 
formed,  as  an  apt  emblem  of  the  union,  endeared  and  in- 
dissoluble, that  binds  together  himself  and  his  own  ran- 
somed Church. 

A  relation  that  is  thus  consecrated  should  not  be  formed 
thoughtlessly  and  irreverently ;  but  advisedly  in  the  fear  of 
God,  and  as  for  the  purposes  for  which  he,  its  Divine 
Author,  ordained  and  blessed  matrimony. 

And  now,  as  in  his  sight,  and  as  you  will  answer  in  the 
day  when  all  hearts  shall  be  made  manifest,  I  charge  you 
to  declare  if  there  be  any  cause  that  should  prevent  your 
lawful  union. 

From  your  silence  I  presume  there  is  none.  Will  the 
parties  now  join  their  right  hands  ? 

Then  he  shall  say  to  the  man  : 

DO  you,  A.  B. ,  take  C.  D. ,  whom  you  now  hold  by  the 
hand,  as  your  true  and  lawful  wife  ;  and,  God  help- 
ing you,  will  you  love,  cherish,  honor,  and  protect  her, 
cleaving  only  and  ever  unto  her,  until  God  by  death  shall 
separate  you  ? 


lO  PASTORS    COMPANION 

He  shall  answer,  I  do.      Then  to  the  woman  : 

DO  you,  C,  D. ,  take  A.  B. ,  whom  you  now  hold  by  the 
hand,  as  your  true  and  lawful  husband  ;  and,  God 
helping  you,  will  you  love,  cherish,  honor,  and  obey  him. 
cleaving  only  and  ever  unto  him,  until  God  by  death  shall 
separate  you  ? 

She  shall  answer,  I  do. 

Where  a  ring  is  used,  the  groom  is  here  to  place  it  on  the 
bride' s  hand ;  the  minister  adds  these  words: 

THE  circle,  the  emblem  of  eternity  ;  and  gold,  the  type 
of  what  is  least  tarnished  and  most  enduring  ;  it  is  to 
show  how  lasting  and  imperishable  the  faith  now  mutually 
pledged. 

As  the  union  now  formed  is  to  be  sundered  only  by  death, 
it  becomes  you  to  consider  the  duties  you  solemnly  assume. 
If  these  be  remembered  and  faithfully  discharged,  they  will 
add  to  the  happiness  of  this  life,  lightening  by  dividing  its 
inevitable  sorrows,  and  heightening  by  doubling  all  its 
blessedness.  But  if  these  obligations  be  neglected  and 
violated,  you  cannot  escape  the  keenest  misery,  as  well  as 
the  darkest  guilt. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  husband  to  provide  for  the  support 
of  his  wife,  to  shelter  her  from  danger,  and  to  cherish  for 
her  a  manly  and  unalterable  affection,  it  being  the  com- 
mand of  God' s  word  that  husbands  love  their  wives,  even 
as  Christ  loved  the  Church,  and  gave  his  own  life  for  her. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  wife  to  reverence  and  obey  her  hus- 
band, and  to  put  on  the  ornament  of  a  meek  and  quiet 
spirit,  which  is,  in  God's  sight,  an  ornament  of  great  price, 
his  word  commanding  that  wives  be  subject  unto  their  own 
husbands,  even  as  the  Church  is  subject  unto  Christ. 


PASTORS    COMPANION  II 

It  is  the  duty  of  both  to  dehght  each  in  the  society  of 
the  other  ;  to  remember  that,  in  interest  and  in  reputation 
as  in  affection,  they  are  to  be  henceforth  one  and  undi- 
vided ;  to  preserve  an  inviolable  fidelity,  and  to  see  to 
it  that  what  God  has  joined  thus  together,  man  never  puts 
asunder. 

PRAYER. 

OUR  Father,  who  art  in  Heaven,  who  hast,  in  thy  wise 
and  tender  care  for  mankind,  ordained  and  blessed 
the  institution  of  matrimony,  we  pray  of  Thee,  graciously 
to  regard  Thy  servant  and  handmaiden,  who  have  thus 
solemnly  pledged  themselves  to  each  other,  and  sworn  unto 
Thee  ;  that,  through  Thy  good  care  and  guidance,  they  may 
evermore  remember  and  keep  these  their  vows  ;  be  kept 
themselves  in  unbroken  concord  and  sympathy  all  the  days 
of  their  earthy  life  ;  and  be  at  the  last,  with  all  those  most 
near  and  most  dear  unto  them,  gathered  an  unbroken 
household  to  Thy  right  hand  on  the  day  of  judgment 
And  may  all  of  us,  here  assembled,  be  of  that  blessed 
company  who  shall  be  called  to  go  in  to  the  Marriage  Sup- 
per of  the  Lamb.  And  this  we  ask,  only  in  the  name  and 
through  the  merits  of  Him,  Thine  own  Son  and  our  Re- 
deemer, the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

IN  pursuance  of  your  solemn  pledges  thus  given  and  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost, 
I  pronounce  you  Husband  and  Wife  :  and  may  the  God 
before  whom  you  have  thus  vowed,  look  upon  you,  to  make 
you  blessed  and  a  blessing,  in  all  your  earthly  ways  ;  and 
grant  you,  when  the  snares  and  trials  of  this  life  are  ended, 
a  glad  and  eternal  reunion  in  heaven.     Amen. 


12  PASTORS    COMPANION 

III. 
The  parties  standing  before  the  viinister,  he  shall  say : 

MARRIAGE  is  a  joyous  occasion.  It  is  connected  in 
our  thoughts  with  the  magic  charm  of  home,  and 
with  all  that  is  pleasant  and  attractive  in  the  tenderest  and 
most  sacred  relations  of  life.  When  celebrated  in  Cana  of 
Galilee,  it  was  sanctioned  and  cheered  by  the  presence  of 
the  Lord  himself  ;  and  is  declared  by  an  inspired  Apostle, 
to  be  honorable  in  all. 

AND  now,  if  you  A.  B.  and  C.  D.  have  at  present  ap- 
peared for  the  purpose  of  being  joined  in  legal  wed- 
lock, you  will  please  to  signify  this  intention,  by  uniting 
your  right  hands. 

The  minister  shall  then  say  to  the  man  : 

A,  B.,    T^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^®  lady  whom  you  now  hold  by  the 
i^     hand,  to  be  your  lawful  and  wedded  wife  ? 

Answer,  I  do  ;  or  assent, 

DO  you  promise  to  love  and  cherish  her,  in  sickness  and 
in  health,  for  richer  for  poorer,  for  better  for  worse, 
and  forsaking  all  others  keep  thee  only  unto  her,  so  long  as 
you  both  shall  live  ? 

Answer,  I  do  ;  or  assent.      Then  to  the  wojnan  : 

C.  D.,    T~^^  y^^  X.^a^x,  the  gentleman  who  now  stands  by 
■L'     your  side  and  who  holds  you  by  the  hand,  to 
be  your  lawful  and  wedded  husband  ? 

Answer,  \  ^o  \  or  assent. 


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Do  you  promise,  to  love  and  cherish  him,  in  sickness 
and  in  health,  for  richer  for  poorer,  for  better  for 
worse,  and  forsaking  all  others,  keep  thee  only  unto  him,  so 
long  as  you  both  shall  live  ? 

Answer,  I  6.0  \  or  assent. 

YOU  mutually  promise  in  the  presence  of  God  and  ot 
these  witnesses,  that  you  will  at  all  times  and  in  all 
circumstances,  conduct  yourselves  toward  one  another  a5 
becometh  Husband  and  Wife  ? 


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Both  answer,  I  do  ;  or  assent. 

HAT  you  will  love,  cherish  and  adhere  to  one  another, 
until  separated  by  death  ? 


Both  answer,  I  do  ;  ^r  assent.     If  a  ring  be  used,  the  min- 
ister will  say  to  the  bridegroom  : 


Y 


OU  will  please  place  this  ring  on  the  hand  of  your 
affianced  Bride.   .   .  And  reunite  your  hands. 

He  shall  continue  : 


HAVING  taken  these  pledges  of  your  affection  and 
vows  of  fidelity,  I  do  therefore,  by  authority  of  the 
laws  of  this  State,  sanctioned  by  divine  authority,  pro- 
nounce you,  A.  B.  and  C.  D.,  lawfully  married,  Husband 
and  Wife  ;  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amei*. 


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HAT,  therefore,  God  hath  joined  together,  let  not 

man  put  asunder. 

PRAYER. 


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THE  EPISCOPAL  MARRIAGE  SERVICE. 

At  the  day  and  time  appointed  for  solemnization  of  matrix 
mony,  the  persons  to  be  married  shall  come  into  the  body 
of  the  church,  or  shall  be  ready  in  some  proper  house, 
with  their  friends  and  neighbors  ;  and  there  standing  to- 
gether, the  man  on  the  right  hand  and  the  woman  on 
the  left,  the  minister  shall  say  : 

DEARLY  beloved  :  We  are  gathered  together  here  in 
the  sight  of  God,  and  in  the  face  of  this  company, 
to  join  together  this  Man  and  this  Woman  in  holy  matri- 
mony ;  which  is  commended  of  St.  Paul  to  be  honorable 
among  all  men  :  and  therefore  is  not  by  any  to  be  entered 
into  unadvisedly  or  lightly  ;  but  reverently,  discreetly,  ad- 
visedly, and  in  the  fear  of  God.  Into  this  holy  estate, 
these  two  persons  present  come  now  to  be  joined.  If  any 
man  can  show  just  cause  why  they  may  not  lawfully  be 
joined  together,  let  him  now  speak,  or  else  hereafter  forever 
hold  his  peace. 

And,  also,  speaking  unto  the  persons  who  are  to  be  married, 
he  shall  say  : 

I  REQUIRE  and  charge  you  both,  as  ye  will  answer  at 
the  dreadful  day  of  judgment,  when  the  secrets  of  all 
hearts  shall  be  disclosed,  that  if  either  of  you  know  any 
impediment  why  ye  may  not  be  lawfully  joined  together  in 
matrimony,  ye  do  now  confess  it.  For  be  ye  well  assured, 
that  if  any  persons  are  joined  together  otherwise  than  as 
God' s  word  doth  allow,  their  marriage  is  not  lawful. 

If  no  impediment  shall  be  alleged,  the  minister  shall  say  to 

the  man  : 
M.,  WJ^^^  \^oyi  have  this  Woman  to  thy  wedded  wife, 
V  V       to  live  together  after  God' s  ordinance,  in  the 


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holy  estate  of  matrimony?  Wilt  thou  love  her,  comfort 
her,  honor,  and  keep  her,  in  sickness  and  in  health  ;  and, 
forsaking  all  others,  keep  thee  only  unto  her,  so  long  as  ye 
both  shall  live  ? 

The  man  shall  answer,  I  will. 

Then  shall  the  minister  say  to  the  woman  : 

^'*  WJ^^'^  *^^"  ^^^®  ^^^^  ^^^  ^°  ^^^  wedded  husband, 
V  V  to  live  together  after  God' s  ordinance,  in  the 
holy  estate  of  matrimony  ?  Wilt  thou  obey  him  and  serve 
him,  love,  honor,  and  keep  him,  in  sickness  and  in  health  ; 
and,  forsaking  all  others,  keep  thee  only  unto  him,  so  long 
aa  ye  both  shall  live  ? 

The  woman  shall  answer,  I  will. 

Then  shall  the  minister  say  : 

Who  giveth  this  Woman  to  be  married  to  this  Man  ? 

Then  shall  they  give  their  troth  to  each  other  in  this  man- 
ner. The  minister,  receiving  the  woman  at  her  father' s 
or  friend' s  hands,  shall  cause  the  man  with  his  right 
hand  to  take  the  woman  by  her  right  hand,  and  to  say 
after  him  as  follow  eth  : 

IM.  take  thee  N.  to  my  wedded  wife,  to  have  and  to  hold 
from  this  day  forward,  for  better  for  worse,  for  richer 
for  poorer,  in  sickness  and  in  health,  to  love  and  to  cherish, 
till  death  us  do  part,  according  to  God' s  holy  ordinance  ; 
and  thereto  I  plight  thee  my  troth. 

Then  shall  they  loose  their  hands ;  and  the  woman  with 
her  right  hand  taking  the  man  by  his  right  hand,  shall 
likewise  say  after  the  7ninister : 


1 6  pastor's  companion 

IN.  take  thee  M.  to  my  wedded  husband,  to  have  and  to 
hold  from  this  day  forward,  for  better  for  worse,  for 
richer  for  poorer,  in  sickness  and  in  health,  to  love,  cherish, 
and  to  obey,  till  death  us  do  part,  according  to  God' s  holy 
ordinance  ;  and  thereto  I  give  thee  my  troth. 

Then  shall  they  again  loose  their  hands  ;  and  the  man  shall 
give  unto  the  woman  a  ring.  And  the  minister  taking 
the  ring  shall  deliver  it  unto  the  man,  to  put  it  upon  the 
fourth  fi7iger  of  the  wojnan' s  left  hand.  And  the  man 
holding  the  ring  there,  and  taught  by  the  minister,  shall 
say  : 

WITH  this  Ring  I  thee  wed,  and  with  all  my  worldly 
goods  I  thee  endow  :  In  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amen, 

The7i  the  man,  leaviftg  the  ring  upon  the  fourth  finger  of 
the  woman's  left  hand,  the  minister  shall  say  : 

Let  us  pray. 

OUR  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  Hallowed  be  thy  Name. 
Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth, 
as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And 
forgive  us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who  trespass 
against  us.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation  ;  but  deliver 
us  from  evil.     Amen. 

O  ETERNAL  God,  Creator  and  Preserver  of  all  man- 
kind, Giver  of  all  spiritual  grace,  the  Author  of 
everlasting  life  ;  Send  thy  blessing  upon  these  thy  servants, 
this  man  and  this  women,  whom  we  bless  in  thy  Name  ; 
that,  as  Isaac  and  Rebecca  lived  faithfully  together,  so  these 
persons  may  surely  perform  and  keep  the  vow  and  covenant 
betwixt  them  made,  (whereof  this  Ring  given  and  receiveJ 


pastor's  companion  if 

is  a  token  and  pledge),  and  may  ever  remain  in  perfect  love 
and  peace  together,  and  live  according  to  thy  laws  ;  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Then  shall  the  minister  join  their  right  hands  together,  and 
say  : 

Those  whom  God  hath  joined  together  let  no  man  put 
asunder. 

Then  shall  the  minister  speak  unto  the  company  : 

FORASMUCH  as  M.  and  N.  have  consented  together 
in  holy  wedlock,  and  have  witnessed  the  same  before 
God  and  this  company,  and  thereto  have  given  and  pledged 
their  troth,  each  to  the  other,  and  have  declared  the  same 
by  giving  and  receiving  a  Ring,  and  by  joining  hands  ;  I 
pronounce  that  they  are  Man  and  Wife,  In  the  Name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Amen. 

And  the  minister  shall  add  this  blessing  : 

GOD  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  God  the  Holy  Ghost, 
bless,  preserve,  and  keep  you  ;  the  Lord  mercifully 
with  his  favour  look  upon  you,  and  fill  you  with  all  spiritual 
benediction  and  grace  ;  that  ye  may  so  live  together  in  this 
life,  that  in  the  world  to  come  ye  may  have  life  everlasting. 
Amen. 


FUNERALS 


FUNERAL  SERVICES 


FRAILTY 

MAN  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  of  few  days  and  full 
of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth  as  a  flower,  and  is 
cut  down  :  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow  and  continueth  not. — 
Job  14 :  z,  2. 

In  thoughts  from  the  visions  of  the  night,  when  deep 
sleep  falleth  on  men.  Fear  came  upon  me,  and  trembling, 
which  made  all  my  bones  to  shake.  Then  a  spirit  passed 
before  my  face  ;  the  hair  of  my  flesh  stood  up  :  It  stood 
still,  but  I  could  not  discern  the  form  thereof :  an  image 
was  before  mine  eyes  ;  there  was  silence,  and  I  heard  a 
voice,  saying.  Shall  mortal  man  be  more  just  than  God  ? 
shall  a  man  be  more  pure  than  his  Maker  ?  Behold,  he  put 
no  trust  in  his  servants  ;  and  his  angels  he  charged  with 
folly  :  How  much  less  in  them  that  dwell  in  houses  of  clay, 
whose  foundation  is  in  the  dust,  which  are  crushed  before 
the  moth  ?  They  are  destroyed  from  morning  to  evening  : 
they  perish  for  ever  without  any  regarding  it.  Doth  not 
their  excellency  which  is  in  them  go  away  ?  they  die,  even 
without  wisdom. — Job  4  :  13-21. 

For  he  maketh  sore,  and  bindeth  up  :  he  woundeth,  and 
his  hands  make  whole.  He  shall  deliver  thee  in  six  trou- 
bles :  yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no  evil  touch  thee.  In 
famine  he  shall  redeem  thee  from  death  :  and  in  war  from 
the  power  of  the  sword.  Thou  shalt  be  hid  from  the 
scourge  of  the  tongue  :  neither  shalt   thou   be   afraid  of 

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destruction  when  it  cometh.  At  destruction  and  famine 
thou  shalt  laugh  :  neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid  of  the  beasts 
of  the  earth.  For  thou  shah  be  in  league  with  the  stones 
of  the  field  :  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  be  at  peace 
with  thee.  And  thou  shalt  know  that  thy  tabernacle  shall 
be  in  peace  ;  and  thou  shalt  visit  thy  habitation,  and  shall 
not  sin.  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  seed  shall  be  great, 
and  thine  offspring  as  the  grass  of  the  earth.  Thou  shalt 
come  to  thy  grave  in  a  full  age,  like  as  a  shock  of  corn 
cometh  in  in  his  season.  Lo  this,  we  have  searched  it,  so 
it  is  ;  hear  it,  and  know  thou  it  for  thy  good.— Job  j  :  18-27. 

Now  my  days  are  swifter  than  a  post :  they  flee  away, 
they  see  no  good.  They  are  passed  away  as  the  swift  ships  : 
as  the  eagle  that  hasteth  to  the  prey.  If  I  say,  I  will  for- 
get my  complaint,  I  will  leave  off  my  heaviness,  and  com- 
fort myself :  I  am  afraid  of  all  my  sorrows,  I  know  thai 
thou  wilt  not  hold  me  innocent. — Job  g  :  23-28. 

Go  to  now,  ye  that  say.  To  day  or  to  morrow  we  will  go 
into  such  a  city,  and  continue  there  a  year,  and  buy  and 
sell,  and  get  gain  :  Whereas  ye  know  not  what  shall  be  on 
the  morrow.  For  what  is  your  life  ?  It  is  even  a  vapour, 
that  appeareth  for  a  little  time,  and  then  vanisheth  away. 
For  that  ye  ought  to  say.  If  the  Lord  will,  we  shall  live, 
and  do  this,  or  \k\2X.—James  4 :  13-15- 

See  then  that  ye  walk  circumspectly,  not  as  fools,  but  as 
wise,  Redeeming  the  time,  because  the  days  are  evil. — Epk. 
5  •  ^5.  16. 

VANITY. 

I  SAID,  I  will  take  heed  to  my  ways,  that  I  sin  not  with 
my  tongue  :  I  will  keep  my  mouth  with  a  bridle,  while 
the  wicked  is  before  me.  I  was  dumb  with  silence,  I  held 
my  peace,   even  from  good  ;  and  my  sorrow  was  stirred. 


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My  heart  was  hot  within  me  ;  while  I  was  musing  the  fire 
burned  :  then  spake  I  with  my  tongue.  Lord,  make  me  to 
know  mine  end,  and  the  measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is  ; 
that  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am.  Behold,  thou  hast  made 
my  days  as  a  handbreadth  ;  and  mine  age  is  as  nothing 
before  thee  :  verily  every  man  at  his  best  state  is  altogether 
vanity.  Surely  every  man  walketh  in  a  vain  show  :  surely 
they  are  disquieted  in  vain  :  he  heapeth  up  riches,  and 
knoweth  not  who  shall  gather  them.  And  now.  Lord,  what 
wait  I  for  ?  my  hope  is  in  thee.  Deliver  me  from  all  my 
transgressions  :  make  me  not  the  reproach  of  the  fool- 
ish. I  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth  ;  because  thou 
didst  it  Remove  thy  stroke  away  from  me  :  I  am  con- 
sumed by  the  blow  of  thine  hand.  When  thou  with 
rebukes  dost  correct  man  for  iniquity,  thou  makest  his 
beauty  to  consume  away  like  a  moth  :  surely  every  man 
is  vanity.  Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  give  ear  unto 
my  cry  ;  hold  not  thy  peace  at  my  tears  :  for  I  am  a  stranger 
with  thee,  and  a  sojourner,  as  all  my  fathers  were.  O  spare 
me,  that  I  may  recover  strength,  before  I  go  hence,  and  be 
no  more. — Fs.  jp  :  1-13. 

Is  there  not  an  appointed  time  to  man  upon  earth  ?  are 
not  his  days  also  like  the  days  of  a  hireling  ?  As  a  servant 
earnestly  desireth  the  shadow,  and  as  a  hireling  looketh  for 
the  reward  of  his  work  ;  So  am  I  made  to  possess  months 
of  vanity,  and  wearisome  nights  are  appointed  to  me. 
When  I  lie  down,  I  say,  When  shall  I  arise,  and  the  night 
be  gone  ?  and  I  am  full  of  tossings  to  and  fro  unto  the 
da^\lling  of  the  day.  My  flesh  is  clothed  with  worms  and 
clods  of  dust ;  my  skin  is  broken,  and  become  loathsome. 
My  days  are  swifter  than  a  weaver's  shuttle,  and  are  spent 
without  hope.  O  remember  that  my  life  is  wind  :  mine  eye 
shall  no  more  see  good.     The  eye  of  him  that  hath  seen 


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me  shall  see  me  no  more  ;  thine  eyes  are  upon  me,  and  1 
am  not.  As  the  cloud  is  consumed  and  vanisheth  away  ; 
so  he  that  goeth  down  to  the  grave  shall  come  up  no  more. 
He  shall  return  no  more  to  his  house,  neither  shall  his 
place  know  him  any  more.  Therefore  I  will  not  refrain  my 
mouth  ;  I  will  speak  in  the  anguish  of  my  spirit ;  I  will 
complain  in  the  bitterness  of  my  soul. — Job  y  :  i-ii. 

For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  in  thy  wrath  :  we  spend 
our  years  as  a  tale  that  is  told.  The  days  of  our  years  are 
threescore  years  and  ten  ;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they 
be  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength  labour  and  sorrow  ; 
for  it  is  soon  cut  off,  and  we  fly  away.  Who  knoweth  the 
power  of  thine  anger  ?  even  according  to  thy  fear,  so  is  thy 
wrath.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may  apply 
our  hearts  unto  wisdom.  Return,  O  Lord,  how  long  ?  and 
let  it  repent  thee  concerning  thy  servants.  O  satisfy  us 
early  with  thy  mercy  ;  that  we  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all 
our  days.  Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days  wherein 
thou  hast  afflicted  us,  and  the  years  wherein  we  have  seen 
evil. — Ps.  go  :  g-ij. 

CERTAINTY. 

BE  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God. — Ps.  46  :  10. 
Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the  measure 
of  my  days,  what  it  is  ;  that  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am, — Ps. 

39  •  4- 

For  I  know  that  thou  wilt  bring  me  to  death,  and  to  the 
house  appointed  for  all  living. — Job  jo  :  2j. 

I  am  the  good  Shepherd,  and  know  my  sheep,  and  am 
known  of  mine.  As  the  Father  knoweth  me,  even  so  know 
I  the  Father  :  and  I  lay  down  my  life  for  the  sheep. — John 
10 :  14,  IS. 

For  I  know  whom  I  have  believed,  and  am  persuaded 


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that  he  is  able  to  keep  that  which  I  have  committed  unto 
him  against  that  day. — 2  Tim.  i :  12. 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,  and  that  he  shall  stand 
at  the  latter  day  upon  the  earth  :  And  though  after  my  skin 
worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God  : 
Whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine  eyes  shall  behold, 
and  not  another  ;  though  my  reins  be  consumed  within 
me.  — Job  ig  :  2^-2y. 
^  For  we  know  that  if  our  earthly  house  of  this  tabernacle 
were  dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God,  an  house  not 
made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens.  For  in  this  we 
groan,  earnestly  desiring  to  be  clothed  upon  with  our  house 
which  is  from  heaven  :  If  so  be  that  being  clothed  we 
shall  not  be  found  naked.  For  we  that  are  in  this  taber- 
nacle do  groan,  being  burdened  :  not  for  that  we  would  be 
unclothed,  but  clothed  upon,  that  mortality  might  be  swal- 
lowed up  of  life.  Now  he  that  hath  wrought  us  for  the 
selfsame  thing  is  God,  who  also  hath  given  unto  us  the 
earnest  of  the  Spirit.  Therefore  we  are  always  confident, 
knowing  that,  whilst  we  are  at  home  in  the  body  we  are 
absent  from  the  Lord  :  (For  we  walk  by  faith,  not  by 
sight  :)  We  are  confident,  I  say,  and  willing  rather  to  be 
absent  from  the  body,  and  to  be  present  with  the  Lord. — 
3  Cor.  3  :  1-8. 

But  I  would  not  have  you  to  be  ignorant,  brethren,  con- 
cerning them  which  are  asleep,  that  ye  sorrow  not,  even  as 
others  which  have  no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  that  Jesus 
died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also  which  sleep  in  Jesus 
will  God  bring  with  him.  For  this  we  say  unto  you  by  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  that  we  which  are  alive  and  remain  unto 
the  coming  of  the  Lord  shall  not  prevent  them  which  are 
asleep.  For  the  Lord  himself  shall  descend  from  heaven 
with  a  shout,  with  the  voice  of  the  archangel,  and  with  the 


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trump  of  God  :  and  the  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise  first  : 
Then  we  which  are  alive  and  remain  shall  be  caught  up  to- 
gether with  them  in  the  clouds,  to  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air  : 
and  so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the  Lord.  Wherefore  comfort 
one  another  with  these  words. — /  Thess.  4: 13-18. 

VICTORY. 

ALWAYS  bearing  about  in  the  body  the  dying  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  that  the  life  also  of  Jesus  might  be 
made  manifest  in  our  body.  For  we  which  live  are  alway 
delivered  unto  death  for  Jesus'  sake,  that  the  life  also  of 
Jesus  might  be  made  manifest  in  our  mortal  flesh.  So  then 
death  worketh  in  us,  but  life  in  you.  We  having  the  same 
spirit  of  faith,  according  as  it  is  written,  I  believed,  and 
therefore  have  I  spoken  ;  we  also  believe,  and  therefore 
speak  ;  knowing  that  he  which  raised  up  the  Lord  Jesus 
shall  raise  up  us  also  by  Jesus,  and  shall  present  us  with 
you.  For  all  things  are  for  your  sakes,  that  the  abundant 
grace  might  through  the  thanksgiving  of  many  redound  to 
the  glory  of  God.  For  which  cause  we  faint  not ;  but 
though  our  outward  man  perish,  yet  the  inward  man  is  re- 
newed day  by  day.  For  our  light  affliction,  which  is  but 
for  a  moment,  worketh  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and 
eternal  weight  of  glory  ;  while  we  look  not  at  the  things 
which  are  seen,  but  at  the  things  which  are  not  seen  :  for 
the  things  which  are  seen  are  temporal  ;  but  the  things 
which  are  not  seen  are  eternal.  — 2  Cor.  4  :  10-18. 

Thou  hast  holden  me  by  my  right  hand.  Thou  shalt 
guide  me  with  thy  counsel,  and  afterward  receive  me  to 
glory.  Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee?  and  there  is 
none  upon  earth  that  I  desire  besides  thee.  My  flesh  and 
my  heart  faileth :  but  God  is  the  strength  of  my  heart,  and 
my  portion  for  ever. — Ps.  lj  :  2J-26. 


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Who  shall  separate  us  from  the  love  of  Christ?  shall 
tribulation,  or  distress,  or  persecution,  or  famine,  or  naked- 
ness, or  peril,  or  sword  ?  As  it  is  written.  For  thy  sake  we 
are  killed  all  the  day  long  ;  we  are  accounted  as  sheep  for 
the  slaughter.  Nay,  in  all  these  things  we  are  more  than 
conquerors  through  him  that  loved  us.  For  I  am  per- 
suaded, that  neither  death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor  prin- 
cipalities, nor  powers,  nor  things  present,  nor  things  to 
come,  nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  other  creature,  shall 
be  able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  of  God,  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. — Rom.  8  :  SSSQ- 

For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and  the  time  of  my 
departure  is  at  hand.  I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have 
finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith  :  Henceforth 
there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of  righteousness,  which  the 
Lord,  the  righteous  judge,  shall  give  me  at  that  day  :  and 
not  to  me  only,  but  unto  all  them  also  that  love  his  appear- 
ing.— 2  Tim.  4  :6-8. 

And  as  we  have  borne  the  image  of  the  earthy,  we  shall 
also  bear  the  image  of  the  heavenly.  Now  this  I  say, 
brethren,  that  flesh  and  blood  cannot  inherit  the  kingdom 
of  God  ;  neither  doth  corruption  inherit  incorruption.  Be- 
hold, I  shew  you  a  mystery  ;  we  shall  not  all  sleep,  but  we^ 
shall  all  be  changed,  in  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye,  at  the  last  trump  :  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and  the 
dead  shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall  be  changed. 
For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incorruption,  and  this 
mortal  must  put  on  immortality.  So  when  this  corruptible 
shall  have  put  on  incorruption,  and  this  rriortal  shall  have 
put  on  immortality,  then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the  saying 
that  is  written,  Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory.  O 
death,  where  is  thy  sting  ?  O  grave,  where  is  thy  victory  ? 
The  sting  of  death  is  sin  ;  and  the  strength  of  sin  is  the 


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law.  But  thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us  the  victory 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Therefore,  my  beloved 
brethren,  be  ye  steadfast,  unmoveable,  always  abounding 
in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  forasmuch  as  ye  know  that  your 
labour  is  not  in  vain  in  the  Lord. — /  Cor.  ij  :  4g-38. 

HEAVEN. 

AND  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven  saying  unto  me, 
Write,  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord 
from  henceforth  :  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest 
from  their  labours  ;  and  their  works  do  follow  them. — Rev. 
14  :  13. 

And  I  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth  :  for  the  first 
heaven  and  the  first  earth  were  passed  away  ;  and  there 
was  no  more  sea.  And  J  John  saAv  the  holy  city,  new  Jeru- 
salem, coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven,  prepared  as 
a  bride  adorned  for  her  husband.  And  I  heard  a  great 
voice  out  of  heaven  saying,  Behold,  the  tabernacle  of  God 
is  with  men,  and  he  will  dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall 
be  his  people,  and  God  himself  shall  be  with  them,  and  be 
their  God.  And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their 
eyes  ;  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow, 
nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain  :  for  the 
former  things  are  passed  away.  And  he  that  sat  upon  the 
throne  said.  Behold,  I  make  all  things  new.  And  he  said 
unto  me.  Write  :  for  these  words  are  true  and  faithful. 
And  he  said  unto  me,  It  is  done.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega, 
the  beginning  and  the  end.  I  will  give  unto  him  that  is 
athirst  of  the  fountain  of  the  water  of  life  freely.  He  that 
overcometh  shall  inherit  all  things  ;  and  I  will  be  his  God, 
and  he  shall  be  my  son. — Rev.  21 : 1-7. 

And  one  of  the  elders  answered,  saying  unto  me,  What 
are  these  which  are  arrayed  in  white  robes  ?  and  whence 


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came  they?  And  I  said  unto  him,  Sir,  thou  knowest. 
And  he  said  to  me.  These  are  they  which  came  out  of  great 
tribulation,  and  have  washed  their  robes,  and  made  them 
white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  Therefore  are  they  before 
the  throne  of  God,  and  serve  him  day  and  night  in  his 
temple  :  and  he  that  sitteth  on  the  throne  shall  dwell  among 
them.  They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any 
more  ;  neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any  heat. 
For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the  throne  shall 
feed  them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto  living  fountains  of 
waters  :  and  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 
—Rev.  7  :  13-17- 

Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled  :  ye  believe  in  God,  be- 
lieve also  in  me.  In  my  Father' s  house  are  many  man- 
sions :  if  it  were  not  so,  I  would  have  told  you.  I  go  to 
prepare  a  place  for  you.  And  if  I  go  and  prepare  a  place 
for  you,  I  will  come  again,  and  receive  you  unto  myself ; 
that  where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also.  And  whither  I  go 
ye  know,  and  the  way  ye  know.  Thomas  saith  unto  him, 
Lord,  we  know  not  whither  thou  goest ;  and  how  can  we 
know  the  way?  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  am  the  way,  the 
truth,  and  the  life  :  no  man  cometh  unto  the  Father,  but 
by  me.  If  ye  had  known  me,  ye  should  have  known  my 
Father  also  :  and  from  henceforth  ye  know  him,  and  have 
seen  him. — John  14  : 1-7. 

But  as  it  is  written.  Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard, 
neither  have  entered  into  the  heart  of  man,  the  things 
which  God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him.  But  God 
hath  revealed  them  unto  us  by  his  Spirit  :  for  the  Spirit 
searcheth  all  things,  yea,  the  deep  things  of  God.  — /  Cor. 
2  :  g-io. 

Father,  I  will  that  they  also,  whom  thou  hast  given  me, 
be  with  me  where  I  am  ;  that  they  may  behold  my  glory, 


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which  thou  hast  given  me  :  for  thou  lovedst  me  before  the 
foundation  of  the  world.  O  righteous  Father,  the  world 
hath  not  known  thee  :  but  I  have  known  thee,  and  these 
have  known  that  thou  hast  sent  me.  And  I  have  declared 
unto  them  thy  name,  and  will  declare  it ;  that  the  love 
wherewith  thou  hast  loved  me  may  be  in  them,  and  I  in 
them. — Joh7i  ly  :  24-26. 

If  ye  then  be  risen  with  Christ,  seek  those  things 
which  are  above,  where  Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  God.  Set  your  affection  on  things  above,  not  on 
things  on  the  earth.  For  ye  are  dead,  and  your  life  is 
hid  with  Christ  in  God.  When  Christ,  who  is  our  life, 
shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  also  appear  with  him  in  glory. 
—Col.  3  : 1-4. 

RESURRECTION. 

NOW  if  Christ  be  preached  that  he  rose  from  the  dead, 
how  say  some  among  you  that  there  is  no  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead  ?  But  if  there  be  no  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  then  is  Christ  not  risen  :  And  if  Christ  be  not  risen, 
then  is  our  preaching  vain,  and  your  faith  is  also  vain. 
Yea,  and  we  are  found  false  witnesses  of  God  ;  because  we 
have  testified  of  God  that  he  raised  up  Christ  :  whom  he 
raised  not  up,  if  so  be  that  the  dead  rise  not.  For  if  the 
dead  rise  not,  then  is  not  Christ  raised  :  And  if  Christ  be 
not  raised,  your  faith  is  vain  ;  ye  are  yet  in  your  sins. 
Then  they  also  which  are  fallen  asleep  in  Christ  are  per- 
ished. If  in  this  life  only  we  have  hope  in  Christ,  we  are 
of  all  men  most  miserable.  But  now  is  Christ  risen  from 
the  dead,  and  become  the  firstfruits  of  them  that  slept. 
For  since  by  man  came  death,  by  man  came  also  the  res- 
urrection of  the  dead.  For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in 
Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive.     But  every  man  in  his  own 


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order  .  Christ  the  firstfruits  ;  afterward  they  that  are  Christ' s 
at  his  coming.  Thou  fool,  that  which  thou  sowest  is  not 
quickened,  except  it  die.  And  that  which  thou  sowest, 
thou  sowest  not  that  body  that  shall  be,  but  bare  grain,  it 
may  chance  of  wheat,  or  of  some  other  grain  :  but  God 
giveth  it  a  body  as  it  hath  pleased  him,  and  to  every  seed 
his  own  body.  All  flesh  is  not  the  same  flesh  :  but  there  is 
one  kind  of  flesh  of  men,  another  flesh  of  beasts,  another 
of  fishes,  and  another  of  birds.  There  are  also  celestial 
bodies,  and  bodies  terrestrial  :  but  the  glory  of  the  celestial 
is  one,  and  the  glory  of  the  terrestrial  is  another.  There 
is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and  another  glory  of  the  moon, 
and  another  glory  of  the  stars  ;  for  one  star  differeth  from 
another  star  in  glory.  So  also  is  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead.  It  is  sown  in  corruption,  it  is  raised  in  incorruption : 
It  is  sown  in  dishonour,  it  is  raised  in  glory  :  it  is  sown  in 
weakness,  it  is  raised  in  power  :  it  is  sown  a  natural  body, 
it  is  raised  a  spiritual  body.  There  is  a  natural  body,  and 
there  is  a  spiritual  body.  And  so  it  is  written,  The  first 
man  Adam  was  made  a  living  soul  ;  the  last  Adam  was 
made  a  quickening  spirit.  Howbeit  that  was  not  first  which 
is  spiritual,  but  that  which  is  natural ;  and  afterward  that 
which  is  spiritual.  The  first  man  is  of  the  earth,  earthy  : 
the  second  man  is  the  Lord  from  heaven.  As  is  the  earthy, 
such  are  they  also  that  are  earthy  :  and  as  is  the  heavenly, 
such  are  they  also  that  are  heavenly.  And  as  we  have 
borne  the  image  of  the  earthy,  we  shall  also  bear  the  image 
of  the  heavenly.  — i  Cor,  75  .•  12-2J ;  j6-4g. 

Yea  doubtless,  and  I  count  all  things  but  loss  for  the  ex- 
cellency of  the  knowledge  of  Christ  Jesus  my  Lord  :  for 
whom  I  have  suffered  the  loss  of  all  things,  and  do  count 
them  but  dung,  that  I  may  win  Christ,  and  be  found  in 
him,  not  having  mine  own  righteousness,  which  is  of  the 


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law,  but  that  which  is  through  the  faith  of  Christ,  the 
righteousness  which  is  of  God  by  faith  :  that  I  may  know 
him,  and  the  power  of  his  resurrection,  and  the  fellowship 
of  his  sufferings,  being  made  conformable  unto  his  death  ; 
if  by  any  means  I  might  attain  unto  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead.  For  our  conversation  is  in  heaven  ;  from  whence 
also  we  look  for  the  Saviour,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  :  Who 
shall  change  our  vile  body,  that  it  may  be  fashioned  like 
unto  his  glorious  body,  according  to  the  working  whereby 
he  is  able  even  to  subdue  all  things  unto  himself. — Phil, 
3  :  8-1 1,  20,  21. 

Then  said  Martha  unto  Jesus,  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been 
here,  my  brother  had  not  died.  But  I  know,  that  even 
now,  whatsoever  thou  wilt  ask  of  God,  God  will  give  it  thee. 
Jesus  saith  unto  her,  Thy  brother  shall  rise  again.  Martha 
saith  unto  him,  I  know  that  he  shall  rise  again  in  the  res- 
urrection at  the  last  day.  Jesus  said  unto  her,  I  am  the 
resurrection,  and  the  life  :  he  that  believeth  in  me,  though 
he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live  :  and  whosoever  liveth  and 
believeth  in  me  shall  never  die.  Believest  thou  this  ?  She 
saith  unto  him.  Yea,  Lord  :  I  believe  that  thou  art  the 
Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  which  should  come  into  the  world. 
—John  II :  21-21, 


SERVICE  FOR  A  CHILD. 
I. 

MAN  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  of  few  days,  and  full 
of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth  as  a  flower,  and  is 
cut  down  :  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow,  and  continueth  not. 
— y^^  14  :  I,  2, 


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And  she  went  and  sat  her  down  over  against  him,  a 
good  way  off,  as  it  were  a  bow  shot,  for  she  said,  LeJ 
me  not  see  the  death  of  the  child.  And  she  sat  ovei 
against  him,  and  lifted  up  her  voice  and  wept.  —  Gen. 
21  :  i6. 

For  this  child  I  prayed  ;  and  the  Lord  hath  given  me 
my  petition  which  I  asked  of  him  ;  therefore  also  I  have 
lent  him  to  the  Lord. — i  Sam.  i  :  .?/,  28. 

And  when  the  child  was  grown,  it  fell  on  a  day,  that  he 
went  out  to  his  father  to  the  reapers.  And  he  said  unto  his 
father,  My  head,  my  head  !  And  he  said  to  a  lad,  Carry 
him  to  his  mother.  And  when  he  had  taken  him,  and 
brought  him  to  his  mother,  he  sat  on  her  knees  till  noon, 
and  then  died.  And  she  went  up,  and  laid  him  on  the  bed 
of  the  man  of  God,  and  shut  the  door  upon  him,  and  went 
out.  And  she  called  unto  her  husband,  and  said,  Send 
me,  I  pray  thee,  one  of  the  young  men,  and  one  of  the 
asses,  that  I  may  run  to  the  man  of  God,  and  come  again. 
And  he  said.  Wherefore  wilt  thou  go  to  him  to-day  ?  it  is 
neither  new  moon,  nor  sabbath.  And  she  said,  It  shall  be 
well.  Then  she  saddled  an  ass,  and  said  to  her  servant, 
Drive,  and  go  forward  ;  slack  not  thy  riding  for  me,  except 
I  bid  thee.  So  she  went  and  came  unto  the  man  of  God  to 
mount  Carmel.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  man  of 
God  saw  her  afar  off,  that  he  said  to  Gehazi,  his  servant, 
Behold,  yonder  is  that  Shunammite  :  Run  now,  I  pray  thee, 
to  meet  her,  and  say  unto  her.  Is  it  well  with  thee  t  is  it 
well  with  thy  husband  ?  is  it  well  with  the  child  ?  And  she 
answered,  It  is  well.  And  when  she  came  to  the  man  of 
God  to  the  hill,  she  caught  him  by  the  feet  :  but  Gehazi 
came  near  to  thrust  her  away.  And  the  man  of  God  said. 
Let  her  alone  ;  for  her  soul  is  vexed  within  her  :  and  the 
Lord  hath  hid  it  from  me,  and  hath  not  told  me.     Then 


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she  said.  Did  I  desire  a  son  of  my  lord  ?  did  I  not  say,  Do 
not  deceive  me?  Then  he  said  to  Gehazi,  Gird  up  thy 
loins,  and  take  my  staff  in  thine  hand,  and  go  thy  way  :  if 
thou  meet  any  man,  salute  him  not  ;  and  if  any  salute  thee, 
answer  him  not  again  :  and  lay  my  staff  upon  the  face  of 
the  child.  And  the  mother  of  the  child  said,  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  And 
he  arose,  and  followed  her.  And  Gehazi  passed  on  before 
them,  and  laid  the  staff  upon  the  face  of  the  child  ;  but 
there  was  neither  voice,  nor  hearing.  Wherefore  he  went 
again  to  meet  him,  and  told  him,  saying.  The  child  is  not 
awaked.  And  when  Elisha  was  come  into  the  house,  be- 
hold, the  child  was  dead,  and  laid  upon  his  bed.  He  went 
in  therefore,  and  shut  the  door  upon  them  twain,  and 
prayed  unto  the  Lord.  And  he  went  up,  and  lay  upon 
the  child,  and  put  his  mouth  upon  his  mouth,  and  his  eyes 
upon  his  eyes,  and  his  hands  upon  his  hands  :  and  he 
stretched  himself  upon  the  child  :  and  the  flesh  of  the 
child  waxed  warm.  Then  he  returned,  and  walked  in  the 
house  to  and  fro  ;  and  went  up,  and  stretched  himself  upon 
him  :  and  the  child  sneezed  seven  times,  and  the  child 
opened  his  eyes.  And  he  called  Gehazi,  and  said,  Call 
this  Shunammite.  So  he  called  her.  And  when  she  was 
come  in  unto  him,  he  said,  Take  up  thy  son.  Then  she 
went  in,  and  fell  at  his  feet,  and  bowed  herself  to  the 
ground,  and  took  up  her  son,  and  went  out. — 2  Kings  4  : 

18-37- 

And  Jesus  called  a  little  child  unto  him,  and  set  him  in 

the  midst  of  them.  And  said,  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Ex- 
cept ye  be  converted,  and  become  as  little  children,  ye 
shall  not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Whosoever 
therefore  shall  humble  himself  as  this  little  child,  the  same 
is  greatest  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.     And  whoso  shall 


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receive  one  such  little  child  in  my  name  receiveth  me. — 
Matt.  i8  :  2-j. 


SERVICE  FOR  A  CHILD. 
II. 

And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that  the  child 
died.  And  the  servants  of  David  feared  to  tell  him  that 
the  child  was  dead  :  tor  they  said,  Behold,  while  the  child 
was  yet  alive,  we  spake  unto  him,  and  he  would  not  hearken 
unto  our  voice  :  how  will  he  then  vex  himself,  if  we  tell 
him  that  the  child  is  dead  1  But  when  David  saw  that  his 
servants  whispered,  David  perceived  that  the  child  was 
dead  ;  therefore  David  said  unto  his  servants.  Is  the  child 
dead  ?  And  they  said,  He  is  dead.  Then  David  arose 
from  the  earth,  and  washed  and  anointed  himself,  and 
changed  his  apparel,  and  came  into  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  worshipped  :  then  he  came  to  his  own  house  ;  and 
when  he  required,  they  set  bread  before  him,  and  he  did 
eat.  Then  said  his  servants  unto  him,  What  thing  is  this 
that  thou  hast  done  ?  thou  didst  fast  and  weep  for  the  child, 
while  it  was  alive  ;  but  when  the  child  was  dead,  thou  didst 
rise  and  eat  bread.  And  he  said.  While  the  child  was  yet 
alive,  I  fasted  and  wept :  for  I  said.  Who  can  tell  whether 
God  will  be  gracious  to  me,  that  the  child  may  live  ?  But 
now  he  is  dead,  wherefore  should  I  fast  ?  can  I  bring  him 
back  again  ?  I  shall  go  to  him,  but  he  shall  not  return  to 
me. — 2  Sam.  12  :  i8-2j. 

And  they  brought  young  children  to  him,  that  he  should 
touch  them  ;  and  his  disciples  rebuked  those  that  brought 
them.  But  when  Jesus  saw  it,  he  was  much  displeased, 
and  said  unto  thein.  Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto 


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me,  and  forbid  them  not :  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom 
of  God.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  not  re- 
ceive the  kingdom  of  God  as  a  little  child,  he  shall  not 
enter  therein.  And  he  took  them  up  in  his  arms,  and 
put  his  hands  upon  them,  and  blessed  them. — Mark  lo  : 
13-16. 

The  Lord  is  my  shepherd  ;  I  shall  not  want  He  mak- 
eth  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pastures  :  he  leadeth  me  be- 
side the  still  waters.  He  restoreth  my  soul  :  he  leadeth 
me  in  the  paths  of  righteousness  for  his  name's  sake.  Yea, 
though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  I 
will  fear  no  evil  :  for  thou  art  with  me  ;  thy  rod  and  thy 
staff  they  comfort  me. — Ps.  23  :  1-4. 


THE  SERVICE  OF  THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL 
CHURCH  FOR  THE  BURIAL  OF  THE  DEAD. 

Tke  minister  meeting  the  corpse  at  the  entrance  of  the  church 
{or  graveyard^,  and  going  before  it  shall  say: 

I  AM  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  saith  the  Lord  :  he  that 
believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he 
live  ;  and  whosoever  liveth  and  believeth  in  me  shall  never 
die. — St.  fohn  11  :  2S,  26. 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,  and  he  shall  stand  at 
the  latter  day  upon  the  earth.  And  though  after  my  skin 
worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  I  shall  see  God  : 
Whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  miile  eyes  shall  behold, 
and  not  another. — fob  ig  :  23,  26,  27. 

We  brought  nothing  into  this  world,  and  it  is  certain  we 
can  carry  nothing  out.  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath 
taken  away,  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. — /  Tim. 
6:7:  fob  I  :  21, 


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After  they  are  come  into  the  church  shall  be  said,  or  sung, 
the  following  anthem,  taken  from  the  thirty-eighth  and 
ninetieth  Psalms: 

LORD,  let  me  know  my  end,  and  the  number  of  my 
days  ;  that  I  may  be  certified  how  long  I  have  to 
live.  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  it  were  a  span 
long,  and  my  age  is  even  as  nothing  in  respect  of  thee  ; 
and  verily  every  man  living  is  altogether  vanity.  For  man 
walketh  in  a  vain  shadow,  and  disquieteth  himself  in  vain  ; 
he  heapeth  up  riches,  and  cannot  tell  who  shall  gather 
them.  And  now.  Lord,  what  is  my  hope  ?  Truly  my  hope 
is  even  in  thee.  Deliver  from  all  mine  offences  ;  and  make 
me  not  a  rebuke  unto  the  foolish.  When  thou  with  rebukes 
dost  chasten  man  for  sin,  thou  makest  his  beauty  to  con- 
sume away,  like  as  it  were  a  moth  fretting  a  garment  :  every 
man  therefore  is  but  vanity.  Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord, 
and  with  thine  ears  consider  my  calling  ;  hold  not  thy  peace 
at  my  tears  :  For  I  am  a  stranger  with  thee,  and  a  so- 
journer, as  all  my  fathers  were.  O  spare  me  a  little,  that  I 
may  recover  my  strength,  before  I  go  hence,  and  be  no 
more  seen.  Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  refuge,  from  one  gen- 
eration to  another.  Before  the  mountains  were  brought 
forth,  or  ever  the  earth  and  the  world  were  made,  thou  art 
God  from  everlasting,  and  world  without  end.  Thou  turnest 
man  to  destruction  ;  again  thou  sayest,  Come  again,  ye 
children  of  men.  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  but 
as  yesterday ;  seeing  that  is  past  as  a  watch  in  the  night 
As  soon  as  thou  scatterest  them  they  are  even  as  a  sleep  ; 
and  fade  away  suddenly  like  the  grass.  In  the  morning  it 
is  green,  and  groweth  up  ;  but  in  the  evening  it  is  cut 
down,  dried  up,  and  withered.  For  we  consume  away  in 
thy  displeasure  ;  and  are  afraid  at  thy  wrathful  indigna- 


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tion.  Thou  hast  set  our  misdeeds  before  thee  ;  and  our 
secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance.  For  when 
thou  art  angry,  all  our  days  are  gone  :  we  bring  our  years 
to  an  end,  as  it  were  a  tale  that  is  told.  The  days  of  our 
age  are  threescore  years  and  ten  ;  and  though  men  be  so 
strong  that  they  come  to  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their  strength 
then  but  labour  and  sorrow  ;  so  soon  passeth  it  away,  and 
we  are  gone.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that  we 
may  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom.  Glory  be  to  the 
Father,  and  to  the  Son,  and  to  the  Holy  Ghost  ;  as  it  was 
in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  ever  shall  be,  world  without 
end.     Amen. 

Then  shall  follow  the  lesson,  taken  out  of  the  fifteenth  chap- 
ter of  the  first  Epistle  of  St.  Paul  to  the  Corinthians  : 

I  Cor.  15  :  20. 

NOW  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead,  and  become  the 
firstfruits  of  them  that  slept.  For  since  by  man 
came  death,  by  man  came  also  the  resurrection  of  the  dead. 
For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall  all  be  made 
alive.  But  every  man  in  his  own  order  :  Christ  the  first- 
fruits  ;  afterward  they  that  are  Christ's,  at  his  coming. 
Then  cometh  the  end,  when  he  shall  have  delivered  up  the 
kingdom  to  God,  even  the  Father  ;  when  he  shall  have  put 
down  all  rule,  and  all  authority,  and  power.  For  he  must 
reign,  till  he  hath  put  all  enemies  under  his  feet  The  last 
enemy  that  shall  be  destroyed  is  death.  For  he  hath  put 
all  things  under  his  feet.  But  when  he  saith,  all  things 
are  put  under  him,  it  is  manifest  that  he  is  excepted,  which 
did  put  all  things  under  him.  And  when  all  things  shall 
be  subdued  unto  him,  then  shall  the  Son  also  himself  be 
subject  unto  Him  that  put  all  things  under  him,  that  God 
may  be  all  in  all.     Else  what  shall  they  do  which  are  bap- 


PASTOR  S    COMPANION  39 

tized  for  the  dead,  if  the  dead  rise  not  at  all  ?  Why  are 
they  then  baptized  for  the  dead :  and  why  stand  we  in 
jeopardy  every  hour  ?  I  protest  by  your  rejoicing,  which  I 
have  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord,  I  die  daily.  If  after  the 
manner  of  men  I  have  fought  with  beasts  at  Ephesus,  what 
advantageth  it  me,  if  the  dead  rise  not  ?  let  us  eat  and  drink, 
for  to-morrow  we  die.  Be  not  deceived  :  evil  communi- 
cations corrupt  good  manners.  Awake  to  righteousness, 
and  sin  not ;  for  some  have  not  the  knowledge  of  God.  I 
speak  this  to  your  shame.  But  some  man  will  say,  How 
are  the  dead  raised  up  ?  and  with  what  body  do  they  come  ? 
Thou  fool  !  that  which  thou  sowest  is  not  quickened,  except 
it  die.  And  that  which  thou  sowest,  thou  sowest  not  that 
body  that  shall  be,  but  bare  grain,  it  may  chance  of  wheat, 
or  of  some  other  grain.  But  God  giveth  it  a  body  as  it  hath 
pleased  him,  and  to  every  seed  his  own  body.  All  flesh  is 
not  the  same  flesh,  but  there  is  one  kind  of  flesh  of  men, 
another  flesh  of  beasts,  another  of  fishes,  and  another  of 
birds.  There  are  also  celestial  bodies,  and  bodies  terres- 
trial ;  but  the  glory  of  the  celestial  is  one,  and  the  glory  of 
the  terrestrial  is  another.  There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and 
another  glory  of  the  moon,  and  another  glory  of  the  stars  ; 
for  one  star  differeth  from  another  star  in  glory.  So  also  is 
:he  resurrection  of  the  dead.  It  is  sown  in  corruption  ;  it 
is  raised  in  incorruption  :  it  is  sown  in  dishonour  ;  it  is 
raised  in  glory  :  it  is  sown  in  weakness  ;  it  is  raised  in 
power  :  it  is  sown  a  natural  body  ;  it  is  raised  a  spiritual 
body.  There  is  a  natural  body,  and  there  is  a  spiritual 
body.  And  so  it  is  written.  The  first  man  Adam  was  made 
a  living  soul  ;  the  last  Adam  was  made  a  quickening  spirit. 
Howbeit,  that  was  not  first  which  is  spiritual,  but  that  which 
is  natural  ;  and  afterward  that  which  is  spiritual.  The  first 
man  is  of  the  earth,  earthy  :  the  second  man  is  the  Lord 


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from  heaven.  As  is  the  earthy,  such  are  they  that  are 
earthy  :  and  as  is  the  heavenly,  such  are  they  also  that  are 
heavenly.  And  as  we  have  borne  the  image  of  the  earthy, 
we  shall  also  bear  the  image  of  the  heavenly.  Now  this  I 
say,  brethren,  that  flesh  and  blood  cannot  inherit  the  king- 
dom of  God  ;  neither  doth  corruption  inherit  incorruption. 
Behold,  I  show  you  a  mystery  :  we  shall  not  all  sleep,  but 
Ae  shall  all  be  changed,  in  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of 
an  eye,  at  the  last  trump  :  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and 
the  dead  shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall  be 
changed.  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incorruption, 
and  this  mortal  must  put  on  immortality.  So  when  this 
corruptible  shall  have  put  on  incorruption,  and  this  mortal 
shall  have  put  on  immortality  ;  then  shall  be  brought  to 
pass  the  saying  that  is  written.  Death  is  swallowed  up  in 
victory.  O  death,  where  is  thy  sting  ?  O  grave,  where  is 
thy  victory  ?  The  sting  of  death  is  sin  ;  and  the  strength 
of  sin  is  the  law.  But  thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us 
the  victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Therefore,  my 
beloved  brethren,  be  ye  steadfast,  unmoveable,  always 
abounding  in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  forasmuch  as  ye  know 
that  your  labour  is  not  in  vain  in  the  Lord. 

When  they  come  to  the  grave,   while  the  corpse  is  made 
ready  to  be  laid  into  the  ea  "th,  shall  be  sung  or  said: 

MAN,  that  is  born  of  a  woman,  hath  but  a  short  time 
to  live,  and  is  full  of  misery.  He  cometh  up,  and 
is  cut  down,  like  a  flower  ;  he  fleeth  as  it  were  a  shadow, 
and  never  continueth  in  one  stay.  In  the  midst  of  life  we 
are  in  death  :  of  whom  may  we  seek  for  succour,  but  of 
thee,  O  Lord,  who  for  our  sins  art  justly  displeased  ?  Yet, 
O  Lord  God  most  holy,  O  Lord  most  mighty,  O  holy  and 
most  merciful  Saviour,  deliver  us  not  into  the  bitter  pains 


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of  eternal  death.  Thou  knowest,  Lord,  the  secrets  of  our 
hearts  ;  shut  not  thy  merciful  ears  to  our  prayer  ;  but  spare 
us,  Lord  most  holy,  O  God  most  mighty,  O  holy  and  merci- 
ful Saviour,  thou  most  worthy  Judge  eternal,  suffer  us  not, 
at  our  last  hour,  for  any  pains  of  death,  to  fall  from  thee. 

Then,  while  the  earth  shall  be  cast  upon  the  body  by  some 
standing  by,  the  minister  shall  say  : 

FORASMUCH  as  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  his 
wise  providence,  to  take  out  of  this  world  the  soul  of 
our  deceased  brother,  we  therefore  commit  his  body  to  the 
ground  ;  earth  to  earth,  ashes  to  ashes,  dust  to  dust ;  look- 
ing for  the  general  resurrection  in  the  last  day,  and  the  life 
of  the  world  to  crme,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  at 
whose  second  coming  in  glorious  majesty  to  judge  the  world, 
the  earth  and  the  sea  shall  give  up  their  dead  ;  and  the  cor- 
ruptible bodies  of  those  who  sleep  in  him  shall  be  changed, 
and  made  like  unto  his  own  glorious  body  ;  according  to 
the  mighty  working  whereby  he  is  able  to  subdue  all  things 
unto  himself 

Then  shall  be  said,  or  sung  : 

I  HEARD  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying  unto  me.  Write, 
From  henceforth  blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the 
Lord  :  even  so  saith  the  Spirit ;  for  they  rest  from  their 
labours. — Rev.  14  :  ij. 

Then  the  minister  shall  say  the  Lord*  s  Prayer: 

OUR  Father,  who  art  in  heaven.  Hallowed  be  ihy  Name, 
Thy  Kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth, 
as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And 
forgive  us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who  trespass 
against  us.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation  *,  but  deliver 
us  from  evil.     Amen. 


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Then  the  minister  shall  say  one  or  both  of  the  following 
prayers,  at  his  discretion. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  with  whom  do  live  the  spirits  of  those 
who  depart  hence  in  the  Lord,  ana  with  whom  the 
souls  of  the  faithful,  after  they  are  delivered  from  the 
burden  of  the  flesh,  are  in  joy  and  felicity  :  We  give  thee 
hearty  thanks  for  the  good  examples  of  all  those  thy  serv- 
ants, who,  having  finished  their  course  in  faith,  do  now 
rest  from  their  labours.  And  we  beseech  thee,  that  we, 
with  all  those  who  are  departed  in  true  faith  of  thy  holy 
Name,  may  have  our  perfect  consummation  and  bliss,  both 
in  body  and  soul,  in  thy  eternal  and  everlasting  glory  : 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.      Amen. 

O  Merciful  God,  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  is  the  resurrection  and  the  life  :  in  whom  whosoever 
believeth,  shall  live,  though  he  die  :  and  whosoever  liveth, 
and  believeth  in  him,  shall  not  die  eternally  ;  who  also 
hath  taught  us  by  his  holy  Apostle  St.  Paul  not  to  be  sorry, 
as  men  without  hope,  for  those  who  sleep  in  him  :  We 
humbly  beseech  thee,  O  Father,  to  raise  us  from  the  death 
of  Sin  unto  the  life  of  righteousness,  that  when  we  shall 
depart  this  life,  we  may  rest  in  him  ;  and  that,  at  the 
general  resurrection  in  the  last  day,  we  may  be  found  ac- 
ceptable in  thy  sight  :  and  receive  that  blessing,  which  thy 
well-beloved  Son  shall  then  pronounce  to  all  who  love  and 
fear  thee,  saying.  Come,  ye  blessed  children  of  my  Father, 
receive  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  beginning  of 
the  world.  Grant  this  we  beseech  thee,  O  Merciful  Father, 
through  Jesus  Christ,  our  Mediator,  and  Redeemer.     Amen. 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God. 
and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  us  all.    Amen. 


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